Thank Yous...

Thank you so much, my friends, for all the birthday wishes...  Although I have to say that the highlight was my 3 and a half year old grandson singing Happy Birthday to me over the phone...

Austin Rocks! (He has a t-shirt that says that, that I brought to him from Austin, TX before he was born!)

More Finds...

Today is my 50th birthday... I have been contemplating what to do with my latest thrift store finds...

Don't really know what I will do with the type writer ribbon tin... but the old baubble.. can't really figure out what it is... maybe a button... a very ornate button... I know exactly what I will do with... You'll have to wait and see...

Also... I know what I'm going to do with these orphaned tea cups... but you'll have to wait till later in the year to find that out!

I hadn't planned on going anywhere today, but my brother called and needs me to come down to Tampa for something...  So I'm going to take my dog to visit my dad... 

Three Challenges in One Tag...

Gothic Arches... Open theme...
Tag Tuesday... Sketch provided...
Theme Thursday... Miniature art...

A 1.5" x 3" shipping tag that's been colored with Antique Linen Distress, Palette Sky Blue and Metallic Copper ink pads. I added a purple floral scrapbook paper semi-circle and a Bright Gothic Arch from ArtChix Studios and the sentiment is from Sticko Bookworks. The border is copper tape and I added little acrylic jewels and art fibers.

Cool Finds...

I found these at a thrift shop today...

old type tray...

house  shaped curio shelf...

deep frame...

I brought them home and sanded them (not the type tray) down for paint... I have grand plans for them all...

To My Friends...

I want to thank you all so much for your wonderful comments on my posts and art. It warms my heart and bolsters my ego! Thanks so much!

Here are more repurposed vintage earrings... this time on those springy clips...

Three Muses Challenge - Blackbirds

Digital collage... The eggs and nest illustrations are part of a collection I've had for years and the bird is from a Child's Book of Birds" 1946. I found illustrations from it online.

More Repurposed Vintage Earrings...

Here are some vintage earrings I turned into hair ornaments...  They'll go in my Bohemian D's Etsy shop tomorrow...

New Stuff in my Etsy Shop!

I just posted these ladies hairbands, adorned with vintage earrings, in my new Etsy shop; Bohemian D's

I also posted a girl's t-shirt with a scrappy flower on it...

http://bohemiands.etsy.com

Happy Easter!

Muses Tressa and her sister, Lillia Phloxie, wish you all a Happy Easter...

Two of my Muse Dolls (numbers 7 and 8 in a series of 14), that went to new homes several years ago...

Paper Purse

During my purse frenzy, I was fascinated with fusing paper to fabric. So I fused some scrapbook paper with the texture of lizard skin and a wall paper remnant to taffeta, punched holes around the edges and made this...

I glued the two pieces together, folded it up, cut and put the sides in place (creased to form a gusset) and sewed it up with a synthetic yarn. I cut the gecko out of the lizard paper and glued it in place, then added the beads and strap.

Voila! Paper Gecko Purse!